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Spoiler alert, he cannot die in this movie and will become king.
Is there some kind of sequel to this? I wanna know where the story goes after that now that I've been spoiled
I’d hate for them to leave it on a cliffhanger.
Too soon
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i'm only interested in seeing how high his midichlorian count is.
Orphan? Outsider? Mufasa told Simba that he was given instruction by his father who was King. When was he an orphan or an outsider? He was born to power and raised by his father long enough to revere him.
The plot is going to be something along the lines of Mufasa's king dad getting murked by hyena's and Mufasa growing up and returning to turf the hyenas to the badlands where they live in exile until the events of the Lion King.
Somewhere along the way he befriends a mandrill and hornbill.
We all know the real plot is going to be of scar getting his scar and kicked out to the hyenas.
Except they changed it in the shitty remake where scar never met the hyenas before
The best part of the animated movie is Scar just being Lion Hitler while the Hyenas are his little jackboot Army.
https://youtu.be/zPUe7O3ODHQ?t=71
"What are we, some sort of Lion King?"
But at the beginning of the Lion King Scar is chilling with the homies at Pride Rock...although yeah he was obviously in kahootz
Disney made a show called The Lion Guard on Disney+. Scar was the previous leader of them, and harnessed a power that allowed him to roar where lion ancestors spirits join in through the clouds through supernatural means. He and the Lion Guard protected the pridelands, but Scar lets the power get to his head, and the rest of the Lion Guard tried to stop him; so he murders the other members of the Lion Guard. But once the power is used for evil you lose the power, so Scar retired from the Lion Guard and just kinda hung out until the events of The Lion King.
That was Disney Channel/Disney Junior. Wondered why I had never heard of it. Rob Lowe as Simba and Gabrielle Union as Nala. David Oyelowo as Scar and Christian Slater as a cobra bad guy. How the hell did a Disney Junior show have so many big names?
Kings don’t need advice from little hornbills for a start.
“If this is where the monarchy is headed, count me out! Out of service, out of Africa - I wouldn't hang about!”
This child is getting totally out of winnnng.
I remember how mind blown I was when I realized that was Roman Atkinson. Talk about RANGE.
Sounds so familiar...
They should call it King Lion or something
handwaving away the whole fact that he had a jealous younger brother who was next in line who killed him so he could be king because he was next in line by blood
For real. Disney needs to stop.
People keep watching them, people need to stop
Well last year was horrible for Disney. All of their mediocre slop, from live action remakes to marvel movies to nostalgia baiting sequels nobody asked for, bombed.
he was an orphan and he was taken in by the king who saw him all sad and alone washed up somewhere, king already had a son - Scar (was originally known as another name before he got his scar in a battle with Mufasa to prove who gets the throne) - after doing some crazy stuff to prove his worth he became his realized King self - Scar will cause his fathers death for paying attention to the adopted orphan - Mufasa will learn the truth about Scar murdering their dad and then battle him one last time and possibly give him the known scar on his face during this fight if not given in the earlier trial battle then banish him from the kingdom to live alone and Scar will be pissed but go peacefully. hence why Mufasa has a dad in Lion King and Scar is called Scar and calls him brother. oh and somewhere along the movie Scar will change his name from whatever his name was to Scar as an act of defiance.
this took me all of 2 minutes to come up with - watch this will be the movie plot.
If that's the case, Scar is the rightful king and Mufasa is an usurper.
Yes, it will lead to the sequel movie titled Scar and show his life after banishment and how he is now a super sympathetic villain that we need to root for like crazy totally changing the entire narrative of the lion king. promo art etc will be used to emphasis the shock of changing narratives.
I expect the plot to be much worse than this to be honest
there'll also be some stupid subplot where he's deathly afraid of stampedes, that way they'll retroactively make his sacrifice in the lion king more significant even though it doesn't need to be.
You forgot the part where Mufasa tells Scar to let his people go and parts the Red Sea.
And Scar is his brother by blood and mentions their gene pool.
"Mufasa was a brother to me. And when I say brother, I don't mean, like, an actual brother, but I mean it like the way black people use it. Which is more meaningful I think."
– Scar, during his eugoogoly
I thought the whole 'defund the hyenas' plot felt a little forced, to be honest.
Just imagining right now Jermey Irons delivering this line back in the OG and I’m wheezing 🤣
Brotha with a soft r
Mufasa surveys the pridelands mournfully, thoughts of his recently deceased father on his mind. His best friends Congo Jack the parakeet and Pepsi presents: Girl Lion (wife of the King) stand by his side.
"Even though the events of the last 90 minutes were incredibly impactful and shaped me into the father and king I have now become, let's agree to never mention them to any future children we have. It's the only true way we can honour the memory of my father, the meerkat army, and the hippo that was played by Snoop Dogg for some reason" he tells his wife.
"Use the promo code #BossBabe to get 30% off all Lion King emotes and skins in fortnite" she replies, staring deadpan into the camera.
yeah but there is a really cool scene is the movie where a guy at a space port asks Mufasa who his people was? and then tells him since he is orphan he will be known as Mufasa Solo.
Somehow, Scar returned
So that’s it? What? I’m some kind of Lion King.
Can he fly now?
Scar's got my back. He can bite all of you in half with one chomp, just like mowing the lawn. I would advise not getting killed by him. His bite traps the souls of its victims.
Scar was with my mom in the Amazon when she was researching spiders just before she died.
They roar now?!?
People crying about nepo babies now Hollywood scared to make a story about one lmao
I mean, Simba and Nala's kid is voiced by Beyonce's daughter for this one, so nobody can't claim there's no nepotism going on.
You telling me Kiara is in this movie?
The movie is actually Rafiki telling Kiara the origin story of her grandfather. Not kidding
The official summary states that Simba and Nala’s daughter is, indeed, named Kiara!
Assuming they're keeping her name the same, yeah.
This is a new low in prequels.
It's Disney. They've been creatively bankrupt for a long time.
maybe it's an Armin Tamzarian situation where he comes in and replaces the real Mufasa
The real king are the friends we made along the way.
I feel like this movie will be dumb.
But, you are an orphan if you are a child and your parents are dead and that's certainly a probability in a disney movie. And you can be an outsider if you have opinions counter to the rest of your group. So, even if his positions on being a ruler came from his father, the rest of the pride could hate those ideas and use the father's death as an excuse to go be shitheads and mufasa needs to set them straight again.
This concludes the segment of the day in which i wildly overthink a dumb disney remake poster lol
The trailer makes even less sense "A lion was born without a drop of nobility in his blood: Mufasa".
I don't necessarily object to this movie being made, but can we at least keep it consistent with the story in the original movie?
Scar would have made more money. Same origin story.
It’s a much better one to be honest.
Especially if they added the lore of the lion guard, which was a great concept that Disney animation shit the bed on.
I teach elementary. In my initial interview, I said how important I felt it was to relate to the kids - show interest in what they’re into. One of my first days, I was working yard duty and saw a boy in a different kindergarten class wearing a sweatshirt with a character I (thought I) recognized. I walked up to him and said, “Hey, man! Awesome sweatshirt! I love The Lion King!”
This little shit scoffed and said, “It’s not The Lion King! It’s The Lion Guarddddd.”
Ended up being a good kid as I got to know him. Told him the story years later (when he was in 4th or 5th) and we shared a laugh.
Okay well since you shared that story, I’ll share myself: my kiddo has autism, and growing up did not show an interest in many things. We had suspicions when they were young (like 8/9 months young) but were told we were crazy.
One day the lion guard show was on Disney and the kid was captivated. Laughing and smiling like we never heard before. Same for lion king. Sometimes, that show and movie were the only thing that could calm kiddo down.
Kiddo is 6 now and will still watch both of them. I’ve pretty much watched them myself every day of kiddo’s life for 6+ years, but it’s okay. Lion king was the first movie my parents took me to see, and they passed away awhile ago now.
Lion king/guard holds a special place in my life. So I’ll see this with my kiddo and we’ll enjoy together since we don’t often get to bond on something.
I was blown away by the lion guard lore when i watched it with my kids
The Lion Guard is top shelf kid's TV. I love watching it with my boy.
It’s better than any kids show has the right to be by a wide margin. Teaches actual valuable lessons. Underrated for sure.
No you don’t understand, they will do
Mufasa
Scar: Hyena Island
Mufasa: King of the Jungle
Mufasa vs Scar: Dawn of the Plain
/s
2 Mufasa 2 Scar: Prideland Drift
lol I love your titles, I could see all of these being real
followed of course by Mufasa X Scar: The New Empire
You could actually make scar sympathetic. He obviously became quite evil and needed to suffer consequences for his actions, but it would’ve been interesting to show that monsters are more often than not made and not born
Scar became evil because his parents were killed by
dalmationsscarsMy kids have been watching The Lion Guard on Disney+. Apparently, Scar was the previous leader of the Lion Guard and and was the strongest creature in the pridelands and could harness "The Roar", which is basically "I roar really loudly and my ancestors join in and some deus ex machina happens to save the day", and he and the Lion Guard protected the pridelands under the rule of Mufasa. But then Scar let the power of the Roar get to his head, and the rest of the Lion Guard tried to stop him, so he used the Roar to murder the other members of the Lion Guard, but if the Roar is used for evil you lose the power of the Roar, so then Scar retired from the Lion Guard and just kinda hung out until the events of The Lion King.
I kid you not.
Now THAT is a Disney plot if i've ever heard one
For a kids show Lion Guard is pretty wild. Their scout bird who flew overhead to report trouble was permanently blinded in an episode. He then stayed with their hippo and helped solve mysteries
So not only is that backstory amazing, you forgot the best part of the whole concept: when Simba’s son - who obviously is no longer in the running for the throne thanks to Kiara - is given the responsibility of leading a new Lion Guard, he goes against tradition and picks other animals that aren’t lions, but ones that embody the characteristics of what make up the Lion Guard: bravest, fastest, strongest and keenest of sight. So he finds a brave badger, a cheetah, a hippo and a tick bird to be his guard. At first, Simba and the pride lands reject it, until they all come together and prove their worth; also breaking the cycle of evil that Scar brought to the lion guard name.
It’s a great little concept (and show) that Disney didn’t take enough advantage of. THAT should be this prequel, and I guarantee it won’t be.
I had no idea the politics of The Lion King were this rich.
Dude that sounds AMAZING
Even better, each of the main characters of the show have a catchphrase. So like whenever the hippo goes to lift a big heavy rock, he'll shout "Twende kiboko", which is apparently Swahili for "Let's go, Hippo!". So the kids are running around the house flipping couch cushions yelling "let's go hippo" in swahili. That counts as raising bilingual kids, right?
Scar became evil because his parents named him Trash
December 20th
Be Prepared
Would honestly make a cool poster too
That’s perfect!
Pretty sure Scar is in this…and you best believe we will be getting the backstory on how he got that scar.
Mufasa had to smack a hoe!